Self-Leadership
545 quotes: 55 by Keith Craft, 490 from other voices.
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- He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
- He who would govern others should first be master of himself.
- How can a man come to know himself? Never by thinking, but by doing. Try to do your duty, and you will know at once what you are worth.
- How can we learn to know ourselves? Never by reflection, but only through action. Essay to do thy duty, and thou knowest at once what is in thee.
- How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him?
- How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?
- How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
- How would the person I wish to be act today?
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
- I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.
- I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself whatever he pleases, except a great poet.
- I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.
- I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
- I can't always control my body the way I want to, and I can't control when I feel good or when I don't. I can control how clear my mind is. And I can control how willing I am to step up if somebody needs me.
- I can't control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self.
- I may not overcome the inevitable, but O, it is mine to see that the inevitable does not overcome me.
- I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
- I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
- I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
- I will annihilate the narrow margin that lies between me and my unused potency.
- If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downward to be a devil. He cannot stop at the beast.
- If a man makes himself a worm, he must not complain when trodden on.
- If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wrong, but the coals are.
- If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I care for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when?
- If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.
- If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.
- If there is a hard-won ability I would wish to take into a second life, it is the ability to recognize tomorrow's regret in today's excuse.
- If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could do us no harm.
- If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.
- If we had no faults ourselves, we should not take such pleasure in observing those of others.
- If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.
- If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
- If you cannot frame your circumstances in accordance with your wishes, frame your will into harmony with your circumstances.
- If you can’t be honest with yourself, you can’t fix yourself. Admitting you have a problem is the first step for a good reason.
- If you can't even clean up your own room, who the hell are you to give advice to the world?
- If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense.
- If you don’t believe in yourself, no one will do it for you.
- If you don’t control what you think, you cannot control what you do.